All Blacks v France III

sparky

@Canes4life And Aaron Smith surely? And Ma'a Nonu for that matter?

Canes4life

@sparky said in All Blacks v France III:

@Canes4life And Aaron Smith surely? And Ma'a Nonu for that matter?

May as well add Rettalick to the list.

sparky

French team named:

sparky

Brennan as a 7. Someone is looking to maul it all night.

Bones

@Chris-B said in All Blacks v France III:

A pretty "B" looking starting XV.

If we were playing a RWC knock out match tomorrow and everyone was fit and in form, I think we'd field the below - with a caveat that I'm not entirely sure about how they'd deploy the locks/loosies. "A team" members in this current team bolded.

Williams, Taylor, Lomax, Barrett, Vai'i, Finau(??), Savea, Sititi, Roigard, Mo'unga, Clarke, JBarrett, Ioane, Reece, Jordan.

Early onset is a bitch.

Chris B.

Good to see you lads reading the fine print.

sparky

France have players who normally play Lock at 7 and 8. Lots of speed in their backline. And a 6-2 split in the bench. And no debutantes.

Duluth

Canes4life

@Duluth said in All Blacks v France III:

Love definitely has confidence, hopefully he can show that on Saturday night.

Chris

Reiko out of test Jordan to the right wing
Reece on the left
Jordie Barrett on the bench

KiwiMurph

Just couldn't have a 23 without a Barrett

Canes4life

Love and Jordan together, how good.

Interesting though, didn't Jordan have a niggle this week? They could have brought in Narawa to start to make it an 'almost' Chiefs backline.

brodean

Chiefs players will probably feel they have a point to prove on their home ground.

Crazy Horse

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks v France III:

Just couldn't have a 23 without a Barrett

Shout out to Reiko for standing aside. The guy is a great team man.

antipodean

I'd prefer Love and Dmac swapped positions. As Reece played left wing? TBH the way he gets around the field I'm not sure it will be that much of an adjustment.

KiwiMurph

@antipodean said in All Blacks v France III:

I'd prefer Love and Dmac swapped positions. As Reece played left wing? TBH the way he gets around the field I'm not sure it will be that much of an adjustment.

Reece has played a lot of left wing in his career